Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-10
THE PREACHER AND THE
TEACHER.

These are two professions seldom COM
pared. First because il is thought to be
sin to speak against the clergy, and sec
ond none but the true teacher is capable
of comparing them and he or she is Of
ten under such restraint as to make 1t
worth the position occupied, to freely ex-
press himself.
So write with fear and trembling, yet
confident that the best thinkers will en-
dorse what | say, while those whose
minds run in that very narrow channel,
will at least think before they censure.
The preacher makes civilization posi-
BILE. the school teacher makes it perma
nent and safe.
The preacher goes among the savages,
with the bible in one hand, and the cru
cifix in the other, ready if needs be to
burn at the stake tor the sake of his re-
ligion. SO Socrates also drank the pois-
on hemlock, blessed the hand that gave
it and died adhering to his convictions.
The preacher has done mighty work.
He has blazed the way for the trader, and
traveller through thousand forests, ex-
plored thousand streams, carried his
religion to the ice fields of the north as
well to the burning sands of Sahara. Has
scaled the lofty mountains, crossed the
mighty ocean, and preached Christ and
Him crucified, to the natives OF every
land or island that dots the broad Pacific,
studds the stormy Indian or is washed by
the foam capped waves of the Atlantic.
Has administered to the sick and dy-
ing with one hand, and struck down with
the other, all who would not embrace his
religion. Has prayed for peace, the wild
ow and orphan, and under the title OF
Holy wars caused nations to reek in
blood and the cry of thousands of widows
and orphans to ascend to heaven for muir
cy and protection from the hand of the
ruthless destroyer.
Our own Pilgrim Fathers, fleeing per-
secution. themselves. did not hesitate to
prosecute all who would not embrace
their faith.
The Protestant has burned the Catho-
lie. and the Cotholic has burned the Pro-
testant, yet they all worship the same
God and bow to the same Christ.
A spirit of liberality is almost unknown
among Christians
The ministers of the gospel seldom
mention the school teacher, yet he makes
permanent the work of the preacher.
He prays for all professions and all
classes except the teacher.
He is ever ready to take up the slight
est clue given often times by unworthy
and irresponsible persons and in scath-
ing terms, censure our schools. when a
little invest cation would place altogether
different feature before him.
He seldom visits our schools, yet we
are rejoiced to have HIM come. The pub
lie schools are seldom mentioned in the
pulpit, except rs above stated.
But what has the teacher done mean
while ?
He has prepared the ground for the
seed of truth. he has cultivated the I'M
derstanding that the thoughts advanced
by their pastor may be grasped and made
part of the listener being he has taught
and even enforced respect for holy things,
has taught the pupils to read and under
stand to reverence and respect God S
word. has never let fall a word of criti-
cism or disrespect for the pastor, no mat
ter of what denomination he may be, has
taught liberality and induced pupils to
take broad and Liberal views. to reverence
God, obey parents. discipline the mind
and body, love what is right. hate what
is wrong, to respect the laws of the land,
to become better citizens and make bet
ter christians, and worthy members of
society and the church. And does not
this deserve mention? Does this 60 for
HOtuluS SuOulu we nOt CHILLI place
in the thoughts and expressions of our
good pastor? We hear prayers for the
lawyer. the doctor. the merchant. and
the officers of our land but who ever ex-
cept during the week of prayer, heard
our schools favorably mentioned. or the
blessing called down upon them?
The teacher does not rest on "flowery
bed of ease but has a hard struggle
from first to last. and needs every en-
enlargement, especially the encourage
ment of those good men who live so near
to and commune with God OF course
their troubles and trials are lain before
the Throne, for teachers as class are
praying and God fearing" men and
women. But why this neglect on the
part of our pastors?
A woman in Russia was sent to Jail for
marrying sixteen husbands The laws In
Russia must be very severe.
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